Create Archive.zip and rename

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I have two files:
Alan Jackson - Like Red On A Rose.cdg
Alan Jackson - Like Red On A Rose.mp3

I can create an Automator script to create a zip Archive. Result:
Archive.zip

How can Automator rename this Archive.zip?

Goal: Alan Jackson - Like Red On A Rose.zip

Background information:
The .cdg file and the .mp3 file together are used for karaoke players. My karaoke player needs these files as one single .zip file. If I don't rename Archive.zip, my karaoke player will show "Archive" in the song list instead of "Artist - Song Name".
The karaoke CD I bought contains 300 songs and 300 according karaoke files.
I just want to select pair by pair and drag them on an Automator script to create the zip files my karaoke player needs.
 
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I'm not sure you can do String manipulation in Automator, you'll have to add in some AppleScript.
 

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Thanks for the hints. I tried, but the zip file name becomes: aaaaa.zip
(because I set "aaaaa" when the script asks for "Name of Zip File".)

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At least, with this solution I can save a little bit time.
 
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Now I understand what the script is doing. The name i type in in the beginning becomes the variable. This variable will be insert in the zip file name. I guess, it is not possible to extract the mp3 file name and use it for the zip file name.
 

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